7 New Expressions Related to Body Parts

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Howdy doody, ladies and gentleman, welcome to another episode of RealLife TV. And in
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today's lesson, you guys are going to learn seven new expressions related to body parts.
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Is this RealLife?
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The first expression I'm going to teach you today is to get something off your chest.
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Your chest is this part of your body, and to get something off your chest means that
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you tell someone something that has been bothering you for a while.
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If something has been annoying you, something has been worrying you, and you tell someone,
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maybe the person who is causing that problem, you can say that you are getting something
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off your chest.
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So, the second expression is to be up to your eyeballs with something or in something. If
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you're really busy, and you have a lot of work to do, you could say "I'm up to my eyeballs
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with work." It means that you have so much work that you are completely busy and have
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no time to do anything else. You are up to your eyeballs.
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Ok.
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The next expression is a kick in the teeth. A kick is like to kick a football, in your
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teeth. So, a kick in the teeth is when somebody treats you really poorly, or really badly.
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Maybe they treat you in a disrespectful way.
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It could be your boss, it could be a colleague, it could be a friend. And you can say "that
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was like a kick in the teeth, when you did that." An R-rated version, or more adult version
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would be, like a kick in the balls. Although this is related to a male body part, women
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have been know to use this expression too. So, feel free.
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The next expression is to find your feet. To find your feet means that you are adjusting
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to a situation. If you've just started a new job, and someone asks you "hey, how is the
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new job going?" you can respond "I'm finding my feet, I'm getting used to it, I'm becoming
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more adjusted to my job." To find your feet.
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Another expression related to feet is to get your feet wet. If you're getting your feet
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wet it means you're just starting something new, it's the first experience. It's an analogy
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- before you jump into the swimming pool, you just get your feet wet, you're adjusting
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yourself to that situation. Kind of similar to finding your feet in some way.
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And the last expression today is a pain in the butt, or, again, the more vulgar expression
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would be a pain in the arse, or ass, in American English. So, a pain in the butt, or a pain
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in the ass, is generally referenced to a person. If someone is really annoying, someone just
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really pisses you off, you can say that thay guy, or that girl, is a big pain in the butt,
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or pain in the ass.
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So, it's generally related to people, but you can also use it in situations. For example,
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"waiting in line at the bank is a big pain in the butt, that's a big pain in the ass."
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Ok guys, I hope you enjoyed this lesson, and I hope you guys can start using these expressions
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in your everyday vocabulary, I think you're going to have some fun with these ones, and
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